Tag: Liturgiam Authenticam
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Academic justification for Liturgiam authenticam?
“Can contemporary academic theorists give support to the conservatism of Liturgiam authenticam? – Huh?” –Anthony Pym, President of the European Society for Translation Studies.
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Media and Missal
Without strong, cogent and resplendent language in the liturgy, we will be deprived of an essential aspect of communication, with God, with each other and with our culture that hungers for the divine.
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The Challenge of Translation
Fr. Pádraig McCarthy writes: “If I were to contract to buy a new car which I would use for the next five years, and I became aware of defects which would inhibit it from being effective in the purpose for which I bought it, and which could even be damaging to people I love, I…
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Readability tests on the Eucharistic Prayers
In the new translation of Eucharistic Prayers of the Roman Missal, the length of sentences and the educational level required for reading comprehension have taken a quantum leap.
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Empathy for the Translators of the Ordo Missae 1: The Dialogues of the Liturgy of the Word
One can only feel empathy for translators when the rules given for their work of translation always apply except when they don’t.
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Peter Jeffery on Liturgiam authenticam
“Liturgiam authenticam should be summarily withdrawn, on the grounds that it was released prematurely, before proper consultation with a sufficient number of experts had been completed.”
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Catholic Gambling
I asked Bruce Harbert how long he thought the new translation, the first effort to implement Liturgiam authenticam, might last.
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The Genius of the Roman Rite, by Keith Pecklers SJ
The author, Professor of Liturgy at the Pontifical Gregorian University and Professor of Liturgical History at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome, is a well-known writer and speaker; and he has done us all a service with this timely book. It should be required reading for anyone concerned with the forthcoming new Missal, translation for…
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Infant Baptism — auf deutsch (Updated 1-25)
The Holy See has approved some significant alterations to the Roman rite for the German-speaking church in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxemburg, and Lichtenstein. The main innovation is infant baptism in two stages – first, a blessing of the infant with the oil of catechumens; second, after a period of preparation by the parents, baptism.